by Joe Farace | Jan 11, 2021 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Photos have no narrative content. They only describe light on surface” — Garry Winogrand The biggest upside to me of using an LED source as a modeling light in a studio flash is that there are no more bulbs to lose or...
by Joe Farace | Jan 4, 2021 | All Posts, Featured
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Lighting is really common sense and personal observation. This is applied to a few rules of photography which cannot be broken and to others which I tend to bend a little.”—Paul Beeson These days it seems that using LED lighting...
by Joe Farace | Dec 29, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “I don’t think of cartoons or comics as being for kids.”—Jeff Kinney Cartoons & Pop Art is a set of Photoshop actions from Panos Efstathiadis, the proprietor of PanosFX, an amazingly talented designer of Photoshop...
by Joe Farace | Dec 28, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace In the past, a camera’s in-camera meter tended to dramatically underexpose from all the reflected light in snowy conditions. The old rule-of-thumb for shooting snow with film SLRs was to overexpose the indicated exposure by...
by Joe Farace | Dec 17, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace Posing a portrait subject against a seamless paper background is the ultimate tests of your ability to make something from nothing. You’re shooting without a net—naked, even if your subject is wearing clothes. All that stands between you and...
by Joe Farace | Dec 14, 2020 | All Posts
Today’s Post by Joe Farace “Glam culture is ultimately rooted in obsession, and those of us who are truly devoted and loyal to the lifestyle of glamour are masters of its history. Or, to put it more elegantly, we are librarians.” ― Lady Gaga I’ve been using...
